| 100% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Scene that precedes a title sequence (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 59% | BEASTMODE | 9 | Animalistic persona that one might adopt when competing (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 59% | MEMESTOCK | 9 | Market offering that surges because of social-media buzz (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 54% | CAPE | 4 | Vigorously defend, with “for” (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 54% | RIZZ | 4 | Romantic appeal or flirting skill (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 53% | CRATEDIG | 8 | Shop for rare recordings in secondhand stores (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 52% | SMISHING | 8 | Tricking people into disclosing confidential information via text (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 52% | CROMULENT | 9 | Synonym for “acceptable” first used on “The Simpsons” (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 52% | METAVERSE | 9 | Virtual environment that accommodates multiple realities (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 52% | EDGELORD | 8 | Person who delights in trolling or making deliberately provocative comments (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 52% | QUIETQUIT | 9 | Do as little work at one’s job as possible (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 47% | SECONDGENTLEMAN | 15 | Husband of a Vice-President (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 46% | TERRAFORM | 9 | Make inhabitable, as a planet (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 45% | REACTIONGIF | 11 | Animated image texted as a reply (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 45% | SILVERFOX | 9 | Attractive older man who’s gone gray (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 45% | VIDEODOORBELL | 13 | Small security camera at a house’s entrance (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 45% | MUDSEASON | 9 | Time of year when dirt roads become undrivable (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 45% | SAPIOSEXUAL | 11 | One who’s attracted to highly intelligent people (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 45% | GREENWASH | 9 | Mask environmentally harmful practices with misleading P.R. (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 44% | GIGWORKER | 9 | Person who takes temporary jobs in the service sector (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 44% | SHRINKFLATION | 13 | The practice of selling less product for the same price (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 40% | COLD | 4 | ___ open, term and scene that is shown before the title song of a TV show |
| 39% | COLDOPENS | 9 | Scenes that precede title sequences |
| 37% | GIGECONOMY | 10 | Industry sector for “Taskers” and “Turkers” (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |
| 37% | COLDOPENS | 9 | Scenes before TV shows' title sequences, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 37% | FORCEQUIT | 9 | Shut down a stalled app (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2018) |
| 37% | SOLOPRENEUR | 11 | Owner of a single-person business (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |
| 36% | MONTAGE | 7 | Sequence of scenes that condenses space and time |
| 34% | MIT | 3 | New England school that graduates a lot of computer science and engineering majors: Abbr. |
| 34% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |